Re:Docker Performance Evaluation Across Operating Systems
by cstrahan on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @05:58PM
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> I thought the only way to run Linux on macOS was using some sort of Virtualbox-esque solution.
On macOS, Docker uses HyperKit (which is a hypervisor built on top of macOS's Hypervisor.framework) to run a Linux virtual machine behind the scenes, so your containers actually are running in a VM, even if you don't (usually) interact directly with that VM.
On macOS, Docker uses HyperKit (which is a hypervisor built on top of macOS's Hypervisor.framework) to run a Linux virtual machine behind the scenes, so your containers actually are running in a VM, even if you don't (usually) interact directly with that VM.